The use of tacit and explicit knowledge in public health: A qualitative study

Implementation Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kothari, Anita ^a   Rudman, Debbie ^a   Dobbins, Maureen ^b   Rouse, Michael ^c   Sibbald, Shannon ^a   Edwards, Nancy ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Knowledge translation; Narrative inquiry; Program planning; Public health; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84858405723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17485908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1748-5908-7-20     Document Type: Article

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